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10 May

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A set of fourteen George II oak hall chairs, painted in grisaille and colours with the arms and Ducal coronet of Peregrine, 2nd Duke of Ancaster (1686-1742) and his wife, Jane Brownlow (1689-1736).   English, early 18th Century.   The backs are decorated with a coat of arms (showing Bertie quartering Winn, Ufford and Willoughby, with an inescutcheon for Brownlow) under a ducal coronet, held by supporters (a friar and a wild man). On the seat are the initials 'P, J and B' and...

10 May

Posted at 10:19h in

An Italian marble bust of the Emperor Hadrian   17th or early 18th Century 102 cm  high   The white marble head on mottled yellow marble-veneered shoulders on a circular green marble socle. Hadrian was Emperor from  Emperor AD 117-138....

23 Apr

Posted at 10:10h in

Attributed to Henry Scheemakers and Henry Cheere.   A white marble bust of Peregrine, 2nd Duke of Ancaster, wearing an elaborate breastplate, first half of the 18th Century.   Peregrine (1685-1742) was the second but eldest surviving son of Robert, 1st Duke of Ancaster, and his first wife, Mary Wynn. He was Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Anne and Lord of the Bedchamber to King George I. On succeeding his father as 2nd Duke of Ancaster, he also became Lord Great Chamberlain of England. A magnificent...